230 COCCINELLIDiE. 



Eab. Mexico, Atoyac in Vera Cruz, Teapa in Tabasco (E. E. Smith) ; Nicaragua, 

 Chontales (Jansori). 



The examples which I associate under this name agree in size, which is smaller 

 than that of 8. auritulus, but rather larger than the European S. minimus, and in 

 having the sides of the thorax and apex of the elytra usually red. In some specimens 

 (as in those which present an obscure red vitta on the disk of the elytra) the tips are 

 not red. The whole of the mouth, the legs, including the trochanters, and the apex 

 of the abdomen are red ; two segments at the base of the latter are blackish, but 

 passing so gradually into red that it is not possible to define the commencement of the 

 latter colour. 



Ofrs, — l n less matured examples the thorax may be yellow, with a basal cloudy spot, 

 and the vittse may be widened and paler, uniting on the suture before the apex, which 

 is cloudy. 



11. Scymnns hogei. 



Oblongus, densius fulyo-pubescens, prothoracis basi quam elytra angustiore, niger, subtilissime punctatus, 

 pedibus elytrorumque vitta nee basin nee apicem attingente runs. Long. 1*5 millim. 



Eab. Mexico, Zacualtipan in Hidalgo (Edge). 



Var. ? Rufus, elytrorum basi, sutura apiceque indeterminate nigrescentibus. 



Eab. Mexico, near the city (Edge). 



The form is oblong, rather ovate, not narrowed behind, but with the thorax narrower 

 than the elytra, and not forming a continuous outline with them. The elytral vitta is 

 wider at the base, and for nearly half its length crutch-shaped, or like a long ( f ) 

 comma. The mouth, antennas, and legs are red. 



The specimen which I think may be a variety of this insect, being precisely of the 

 same form and size, has the base of the elytra blackish, this tint extending in a 

 triangular way down the suture and along the margin and at the apex, but indetermi- 

 nately. There is a single specimen only of each form. 



12. Scymnus bisbinotatus. (Tab. xil. fig. 22.) 



Obovatus, suborbicularis, nigro-piceus, nitidus, crebre, minute ac distincte punctatus, elytris singulis maculis 

 duabus sanguineis parum distinctis, pedibus testaceis. 5 . Long. 1*75 millim. 



Eab. Guatemala, Capetillo (Champion). 



Rather broadly ovate, not very convex, the elytra wider in the middle than the 

 thorax, sparsely pubescent (but worn in the unique example), dark pitchy-black. The 

 elytra each have two dark red spots, one near the callus, and one, less distinct, near 

 the apex. The legs are testaceous, with the tips of the tarsi darker, and are rather 

 long and thin. The head and underside are pitchy-black. The coxal fossettes are 

 complete, not touching the hind margin of the segment. 



